The Utah Jazz just had of the most gut-wrenching losses of the season on Sunday against the Lakers. With one last chance to tie or take the lead, a Keyonte George fall after making contact with Marcus Smart blew the play up before it even started. It was the Jazz’s third loss in a row. […]
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In a heartbreaker for the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a close win in Salt Lake City, 108-106. The controversy at the end is the story of this one. On the final play of the game, Utah was trying to inbound the ball, and Keyonte George looked like he might have been […]
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Happy Thanksgiving week to all who remain thankful for the state of professional basketball in the Beehive State. Yes, the Utah Jazz are very bad, but not quite bad enough to compete with the embodiment of toxic sludge flowing across the depths of the NBA standings (still nine teams with five or fewer wins? That’s […]
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Today in NBA Trade Rumors! Lauri Markkanen trade rumor? Indeed! If there is one thing that’s clear this last offseason, it’s that the Detroit Pistons want Lauri Markkanen. We’ve seen what a potential trade could look like, something like Jaden Ivey, Ron Holland, and Tobias Harris plus picks, for Markkanen. What’s clear is that this […]
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The Utah Jazz ended up losing by a large margin to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 144-112. It was a tale of two halves for the Jazz, who looked like two different teams before and after halftime. The Jazz came out hot in the first half, hitting threes at an insane clip. No one was hotter […]
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The Oklahoma City Thunder travel to Salt Lake City on Friday to take on the Utah Jazz in the NBA Cup, the league’s in-season tournament. For the Jazz, this is a must-win game, as they will be eliminated from moving on to the knockout rounds with a loss. So far, the Jazz have lost both […]
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As of writing this article, the Utah Jazz are 10th in the lottery standings. As you probably know, the Jazz only keep their pick if they are in the top 8 of this draft. Yes, the Jazz schedule is rough, but this is an epic draft, and you can bet a lot of these teams […]
19 days ago | 2 reads
The Utah Jazz have had a surprising season compared to expectations. The team was slated to be at the bottom of the league, but has looked much better with some amazing seasons from Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler. The Jazz’s surprising season has come despite Walker Kessler having shoulder surgery after game 5, which will […]
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The overworked and draining game clock remained alight with eight seconds remaining. Knotted at 147 in the second leg of the overtime period, the Utah Jazz were one shot from reaching the 150 point mark for the second time in under a week — they just didn’t need double-overtime to crack that sum against Indiana. […]
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The Utah Jazz couldn’t get it done against the Los Angeles Lakers, losing 140–125 in a game that had zero defense on either side and eventually turned into a long, slow unraveling for Utah. What made it frustrating was that the Jazz actually looked sharp early. The pace was ridiculous from the jump — both […]
21 days ago | 1 read
It has been a confusing, yet entertaining first month of Jazz basketball to say the least. They had endured some of the worst blowouts ever to grace this franchise; however, the ‘WIN WIN WIN!’ voice in Ryan Smith’s head has also given way to some of the best competitive basketball the team has faced since […]
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In case you missed it: Lauri Markkanen is really good at basketball. Against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night, Markkanen might as well have worn a Finnish flag as a cape and called himself “Teräsmies,” — Finnish for Superman. After trailing at the start of the fourth quarter, Markkanen scored 12 points to push the […]
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It’s been a while since we’ve even gotten a sniff of something from the trade rumor mill. We got a little bit of sniff (or maybe a crumb?) from Matt Moore today. From Moore, tucked in at the very end: Utah continues to stonewall all talks for Lauri Markkanen. If they move him, it will […]
22 days ago | 0 reads
Are the Utah Jazz making a play-in push? I don’t know, maybe, but in emotional and exciting battles like this one against the Chicago Bulls, it’s hard not to smile as Utah shreds its own lottery ticket. Defense? Never heard of her. How strange is it that we live in a world where basketball teams […]
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The year is 1997. The Chicago Bulls have started the season 6-5. The Jazz have started the season 5-6. Both teams are off to a slow start and are playing below their expectations. Both teams will go on to finish 62-20 and meet in the NBA Finals. Today, the Chicago Bulls are 6-5. The Jazz […]
24 days ago | 1 read
The Utah Jazz did everything they could last year to ensure a top-5 pick, and they were able to make it happen. They rested players strategically throughout the year to ensure they had the best possible odds of drafting a star. It worked when they were able to draft Ace Bailey. It wasn’t the conventional […]
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The most juiced the Jazz have been on offense all season, but the Hawks were on steroids. Jazz crumble at home 122-132, falling susceptible to turnovers and giving up open threes to the Hawks’ hot-shooters. Johnson and Okongwu were a juggernaut that couldn’t be stopped. They gave up 24 ATL triples and committed 23 turnovers. […]
26 days ago | 10 reads
Coming off their best offensive performance of the season, the Utah Jazz will take on the Atlanta Hawks minus Trae Young. On top of missing their star guard, the Hawks will be playing on the back end of a back to back on the road. It’s a bit of a trap game for the Hawks […]
26 days ago | 3 reads
When digesting a season like the Utah Jazz are beginning to embark upon, it’s important to take the moments bite by bite, rather than in one giant mouthful. Utah will not win many games this year — that’s a given, and a point that’s been beaten to death at this point — and the remedy […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
The Jazz debuted their ‘City Edition’ jerseys tonight vs Indiana, a remix of their gradient uniforms during the early Donovan Mitchell days. After dropping their past 2 games against Minnesota, the Jazz were hungry. They couldn’t let a 1-9 Pacers team walk into their arena and walk away without a care in the world. And […]
28 days ago | 5 reads
The Utah Jazz, on the back end of a back-to-back, will take on the 1-9 Indiana Pacers in Salt Lake City. The Jazz come into this after two losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They’ve also lost 6 of their last 7 after starting the season 2-1. The Indiana Pacers are just 1-9, but do come […]
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Svi Mykhailiuk | D+ Will Hardy’s favorite player struggled to hit shots in this one. He also didn’t defend particularly well, as evidenced by his team-worst -17. I don’t normally put too much credence into +/-, but when all of Jazz media points to it when it’s good, you have to also admit when it’s […]
29 days ago | 2 reads
The Jazz returned to the friendly confines of the Delta Center, playing host to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who thoroughly dispatched them their last meeting, 137-97. This one was more competitive, with the Jazz even holding a small halftime lead. However, in the third quarter the Jazz were reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ancient dwarves of Khazad-dûm—they […]
29 days ago | 4 reads
The Utah Jazz endured the first date from hell with the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 8th. Julius Randle spoke with a mouth full of ribs and absent-mindedly wiped barbecue sauce on his shirt. Rudy Gobert spoke through just about every major moment of Top Gun: Maverick — in French, no less. Anthony Edwards shot Sprite […]
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